Apple Addict

There has been a change of heart here in our house.

For so long, we have had an affair with PC.

But all changed since hubby bought me my MacBook Pro last year.

Yeah, I had an ipod nano before,

(Second generation and it still works even after more than 3 years of use and abuse)

but getting the MacBook Pro changed my hubby's heart.

He said he's now an Apple convert.

Proof?

Aside from this laptop that I am using to write this blog, 

he bought me an iphone for Christmas,

and now he has his own ipod touch.

Now, if I can only get him to buy an iMac!

Taken using my iPhone with the Instagram app.
My Nikon feels a little jealous these days.

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I Heart Faces: Phone Photo Challenge

From my iphone.

Taken by Raymond.

Beata and daddy.

Side by side.

Same smile.

Same mole…

Same spot!

Edited using Instagram App

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I am cool

Big brothers can be really bossy.

But I find that the younger two would almost always do something that big brother says just for them to have a chance to play with him.

This is specially true with Jethro.

Maybe because he's a boy and he likes to play boy stuff with big brother Jakob.

This is what I found last night.

Jethro willingly stood there with a ball of some sort on his head

while Jakob aims at it with a nerf gun.

Oh, the thing boys do!

What can Jethro do?

His 'big brother says he's super cool" anyways!

Notice the drool on his chin.
Apparently, he's having SO much fun!

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I did not even notice that

Valentine's Day was spent at home doing little reno at our house.

Sad, I know!

But I was able to find a special gift for hubby for Heart's Day.

Actually, I already bought one a week before but felt that I need to add something else.

I went to Winners looking for decor around the house, and not hoping to find the perfect gift for hubby.

(Winners have a "Final Clearance" going on now until the end of February.

And also Home Sense since they belong to the same company.

Great sales.  You should go!

Wow!  I feel like an endorser for this company.  

Wonder when I'll get the big bucks for this advertisement.)

I found an iHome iPod Dock on clearance for $40 (regular Winners price was $70, compared to $140).

It's in perfect packaging (as opposed to most clearance items having missing parts or broken packaging).

Hubby loves it.  Great for his newly acquired iPod Touch.

It even glows in the dark! Ha!

I have to take at least one photo for Valentine's Day.

Instead on a photo of us tired and sleepy from all the work that day, we chose the iHome.

The iPod dock was better looking.

Taken using iPhone

Look, 2-14 (aww, Valentine's Day!)

And look again, it reads 11:22 (time to retire for the day)

It's our anniversary, November 22.

And I did not even notice that (hubby did!).

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I Heart Faces: Red

This week's challenge is perfect for the picture I had planned to post for Valentine's Day.

He cooperated well for this photoshoot.  

But I am sure he'll "appreciate" it when this picture comes out on his wedding day.

Oh, the joy of having a photographer in the house!

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

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Chai-ching!

picture taken using my iphone

$7.?? at Wal-Mart

I found a cheaper way to enjoy the Starbucks Chai Latte at home.

Just heat your milk, add an equal amount of Tazo Chai Latte concentrate, then add hot water

(and a little chocolate powder sprinkle on top)

and you'll have your homemade Chai Latte.

Honestly, it taste like the one you buy at Starbucks

and it doesn't have to cost you a fortune to have a cup (or two) everyday.

You should try it!

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Where is Big Dad(dy)?

I am so thankful for hubby's work.

It allows him to work from home

…when kids are sick, so I can leave them at home with him when I have to get out of the house.

…when I am not feeling so well, so he can help me around the house.

…when I have important appointments, so he can take care of the kiddos while I do my business.

…when the weather is bad (which is the case lately), so he doesn't have to brave the cold and the snow. 

…when he is sick, so he can take it easy at home.

He has been working from home lately because of the weather and some health issues at home.

The kids are always excited when they wake up in the morning to see daddy in the kitchen making breakfast.

They love it when he's home, and when he gets to spend lots of time with them.

But he cannot work from home all.the.time.

He went to work (very early) this morning.

Beata came in my room to snuggle before we started getting ready for the day.

Jethro came in ten minutes later with the question

"Where is big Dad?"

I have no idea why he called him Big Dad.

He sometimes uses words that are too big for his age.

Like when he says "You smell beautiful" instead of "You smell good."

Or when he says "I apologize" instead of "I'm sorry."

Raymond's work of art (and sense of humor!)

He must be trying to compete with Beata's fifty-thousand-words-a-day routine

and trying to beat her with his BIG words.

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I Heart Faces: Hearts

Valentine Heart Straw use no. 253 : Funky eyeglasses

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Storm Trooper

Multi-coloured Storm Trooper.

I guess, they look better like this than the plain, old, boring black and white.

It's Jethro's new favourite thing to do.

Though lately he's into shading them in just plain pencil.

C'mon, buddy!  

What happened to the colours?

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Magnified

Back home in the Philippines, if you wear glasses, you're a genius!

Not a geek, but genius.

Students would show up in school wearing eyeglasses just to look smart.

I remember hubby wearing one in college.

It made him look smarter.

He later confessed that those were just show-off glasses.

Now, he wears glasses for real.

I don't know what happened but his vision is not as perfect as when we were in university.

He needs his glasses almost all of the time.

In fact, we were so nervous when he lost his glasses at Great wolf Lodge last year 

and we have to drive for two hours on the highway.

No more showing off this time.

He needs it for real.

And I am convinced.

Just look at how it magnifies the computer screen.

Fake or real glasses, you are still a genius to me.

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Three new for you

I love graphic shirts for kids.

Those with cute drawings and words.

Those with vibrant colours.

Those that are on sale.

Yeah, I'm cheap!

I was at the Superstore last week and found three cute graphic shirts for my lil' lady.

Perfect size for her.

Perfect prize for a cheap-o like me.

Perfect shirts for what I had in mind for Valentines Day.

Notice the fake smiles on photo one and two?
She's into those fake smiles lately.
I should device better ways to get a genuine smiles.
And how about photo number three?
Ahhh!  A genuine "are-we-done-yet-cause-I'm-hungry" smile!

One light photos only.
I was too lazy to set up a fill light…
or to even pop out the reflector.
Yeah, that's me - cheap and lazy!

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Pucks and PJs

My boys like to use the basement to play hockey.

And to play the goalie, it is mandatory that you wear the goalie suit.

While we were watching the All-Star Exhibition games last night, Jethro got all inspired!

He put on the goalie suit, all of it, by himself.

They are playing on the "office" part of the basement,
between two computer tables.
I love those computer tables.
Got them at a cheap price from Liquidation World.
It's my favourite black-brown colour.

It has lots of dings now, thanks to my boys.

Love the monkey pjs, btw!

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